<p>Is it possible to get a likely letter from Duke if you're not a athlete?</p>
<p>yeah. its usually in the form on a merit scholarship though i believe.</p>
<p>About 300-400 people will get likely letters in February.
About 25% of them will be notified of merit scholarships.
The rest are invited to Duke Up Close which is a free trip to Duke in April.</p>
<p>Some may get invites to the “Black Student Alliance Invitational” and its Hispanic equivalent. In the past, these too, have been treated like likely letters.Not necessarily I free trip though.</p>